NCAA
NCAA Women’s Division III Basketball Champions
See a complete list of NCAA Women’s Division III Basketball Champions. The 2025 champions are NYU. This was their third national title and second in a row.
Fast Facts:
- Washington-St. Louis has won the most national titles with 5 wins.
NYU vs. Smith College: Division III women’s basketball finals highlights
NCAA Women’s Division III Basketball Champions
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Location |
| 2025 | NYU | 77–49 | Smith | Salem, VA |
| 2024 | NYU | 51–41 | Smith | Columbus, OH |
| 2023 | Transylvania | 57–52 | Christopher Newport | Dallas, TX |
| 2022 | Hope | 71–58 | UW-Whitewater | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2021 | Canceled | |||
| 2020 | Canceled | |||
| 2019 | Thomas More | 81–67 | Bowdoin | Salem, VA |
| 2018 | Amherst[ | 65–45 | Bowdoin | Rochester, MN |
| 2017 | Amherst | 52-29 | Tufts | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 2016 | Thomas More | 63-51 | Tufts | Indianapolis |
| 2015 | Thomas More | 83-63 | George Fox | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 2014 | FDU-Florham | 80-72 | Whitman | Stevens Point, Wis. |
| 2013 | DePauw | 69-51 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Holland, Mich. |
| 2012 | Illinois Wesleyan | 57-48 | George Fox | Holland, Mich. |
| 2011 | Amherst | 64-55 | Washington-St. Louis | Bloomington, Ill. |
| 2010 | Washington-St. Louis | 65-59 | Hope | Bloomington, Ill. |
| 2009 | George Fox | 60-53 | Washington-St. Louis | Holland, Mich. |
| 2008 | Howard Payne | 68-54 | Messiah | Holland, Mich. |
| 2007 | DePauw | 55-52 | Washington-St. Louis | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2006 | Hope | 69-56 | Southern Maine | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2005 | Milikin | 70-50 | Randolph-Macon | Norfolk, Va. |
| 2004 | Wilmington (Ohio) | 59-53 | Bowdoin | Norfolk, Va. (Ohio) |
| 2003 | Trinity (Texas) | 60-58 | Eastern Connecticut State | Terre Haute, Ind. (Texas) |
| 2002 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 67-65 | St. Lawrence | Terre Haute, Ind. |
| 2001 | Washington-St. Louis | 67-45 | Messiah | Danbury, Conn. |
| 2000 | Washington-St. Louis | 79-33 | Southern Maine | Danbury, Conn. |
| 1999 | Washington-St. Louis | 74-65 | St. Benedict | Danbury, Conn. |
| 1998 | Washington-St. Louis | 77-69 | Southern Maine | Gorham, Maine |
| 1997 | New York University | 72-70 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | New York City |
| 1996 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 66-50 | Mount Union | Oshkosh, Wis. |
| 1995 | Capital | 59-55 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1994 | Capital | 82-63 | Washington-St. Louis | Eau Claire, Wis. |
| 1993 | Central (Iowa) | 71-63 | Capital | Pella, (Iowa) |
| 1992 | Alma | 79-75 | Moravian | Bethlehem, Pa. |
| 1991 | St. Thomas (Minn) | 73-55 | Muskingum | St. Paul, (Minn.) |
| 1990 | Hope | 65-63 | St. John Fisher | Holland, Mich. |
| 1989 | Elizabethtown | 66-65 | Cal State Stanislaus | Danville, Ky. |
| 1988 | Concordia-Moorhead | 65-57 | St. John Fisher | Moorhead, Minn. |
| 1987 | Wiscons-Stevens Point | 81-74 | Concordia-Moorehead | Scranton, Pa. |
| 1986 | Salem State | 89-85 | Bishop | Salem, Mass. |
| 1985 | Scranton | 68-59 | New Rochelle | DePere, Wis. |
| 1984 | Rust | 51-49 | Elizabethtown | Scranton, Pa. |
| 1983 | North Central (Ill.) | 83-71 | Elizabethtown | Worcester, Mass. (Ill.) |
| 1982 | Elizabethtown | 67-66 (OT) | UNC Greensboro | Elizabethtown, Pa. |